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The Smile of Truth: The French Satirical Eulogy and Its Antecedents
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Full Title:
The Smile of Truth: The French Satirical Eulogy and Its Antecedents
Contributors:
By (Author) Annette H. Tomarken
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
840.9003
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
370
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
510g
Description
To teach the truth smilingly was, during the Renaissance, a frequently expressed goal among prose writers and poets such as Erasmus, Berni, Ronsard, Rabelais, and du Bellay, who adopted an ironic posture within their mock encomia in order to refer the reader beyond the realm of the literary structure. In this book Annette Tomarken reconstructs the
